TWEET SAYING: LEGAL ANALYSTS SAY TRAYVON MARTIN'S FAMILY HAS A LEGITIMATE WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST GEORGE ZIMMERMAN IF THEY CHOOSE TO FILE ONE. IF ZIMMERMAN SEEKS IMMUNITY FROM THE SUITS, ALL ROADS LEAD TO THE WITNESS STAND AND CROSS-EXAMINATION HE AVOIDED IN HIS CRIMINAL CASE. WESH 2 NEWS BOB KEALING EXPLAINS WHY. IF ZIMMERMAN IS SUED FOR WRONGFUL DEATH OR SEEKS COMMUNITY FROM LAWSUITS, BY LAW, ANALYSTS SAY HE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE STAND AND FACE CROSS-EXAMINATION. WESH 2 LEGAL ANALYST JEFF DEEN SAYS TRAYVON MARTIN'S FAMILY HAS FIRM LEGAL GROUNDS TO SUE ZIMMERMAN FOR MONEY DAMAGES. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION. LEGITIMATE WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION. WHY? BECAUSE TRAYVON MARTIN DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL. TRAYVON MARTIN DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. DEEN SAYS B-37 REVELATION THAT 3 OF 6 JURORS VOTED HIM GUILTY EARLY ON SHOWS THIS CASE WAS NEVER AS OPEN AND SHUT AS ZIMMERMAN'S DEFENSE CLAIMED. IN CIVIL COURT DEEN SAYS MARTIN'S FAMILY CAN USE THE ALLEGATION PROSECUTORS SHOULD HAVE LED ALL ALONG. ZIMMERMAN'S ACTIONS LED UP TO THE ENCOUNTER. THE CHARGE OF WRONGFUL DEATH INVOLVES NEGLIGENCE. ZIMMERMAN'S DEFENSE SUGGESTED THEY CAN GO BACK AND ASK THE COURT FOR IMMUNITY FROM SUCH LAWSUITS. DEEN IT IS AN IMMUNITY HEARING FOR CIVIL SUIT WOULD REQUIRE ZIMMERMAN TO TESTIFY. IN A CIVIL LAWSUIT THERE IS NO RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. GEORGE ZIMMERMAN HAS TO TESTIFY AND TALK ABOUT WHAT HE DID AND WHY HE DID IT. A SPOKESMAN FOR ZIMMERMAN'S DEFENSE SAYSES THAT IT IS LUKELY

A law enforcement official tells The Associated Press that a Justice Department investigation has found patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson, Missouri, police department and at the municipal jail and court.